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Linden Flats
Location575 INKERMAN ROAD CAULFIELD NORTH, GLEN EIRA CITY LevelIncl in HO: Individually Significant |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Linden at 575 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North, is a double-storey rendered brick block of flats in a Streamlined Moderne style with parapeted roof, curved corners and a horizontal
emphasis that is relieved by the contrasting vertical elements of entry bays to each street façade. Built in 1937 for a prominent radio manufacturer, the flats were erected by prolific
local builder (and later Mayor of Caulfield), T W Morris, who may have also designed them.
The significant fabric is defined as the exterior of the entire building, and the matching brick dwarf wall and gateposts and letterboxes that extend along both street boundaries.
emphasis that is relieved by the contrasting vertical elements of entry bays to each street façade. Built in 1937 for a prominent radio manufacturer, the flats were erected by prolific
local builder (and later Mayor of Caulfield), T W Morris, who may have also designed them.
The significant fabric is defined as the exterior of the entire building, and the matching brick dwarf wall and gateposts and letterboxes that extend along both street boundaries.
How is it significant?
The flats satisfy the following criteria for inclusion on the heritage overlay schedule to the City of Glen Eira planning scheme:
- Criterion E: Importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics.
Why is it significant?
The Linden flats are aesthetically significant as an excellent and unusually large-scale example of a block of flats in the Streamlined Moderne style. An ambitious scheme to
provide a complex of ten flats on a double-width corner block (forming part of a recent subdivision of some of the last remaining vacant land along Inkerman Road), it provided its
as-yet unidentified designer with the rare opportunity to create a landmark building with unparalleled streetscape presence. Characteristic of the Streamline Moderne style, its two
stark and atypically elongated street facades are expressed as a continuous horizontal sweep with parapeted roofline, curving corners and incised shadowlines, with a contrasting
vertical focus introduced by the three vertical entrance bays, distinguished by their stepped parapets, recessive vertical banding and curvilinear metal balustrades. Retaining its original dwarf wall along both street boundaries, this confidently conceived and atypically grand block of inter-war flats remains as a striking feature along this major thoroughfare. (Criterion E)
provide a complex of ten flats on a double-width corner block (forming part of a recent subdivision of some of the last remaining vacant land along Inkerman Road), it provided its
as-yet unidentified designer with the rare opportunity to create a landmark building with unparalleled streetscape presence. Characteristic of the Streamline Moderne style, its two
stark and atypically elongated street facades are expressed as a continuous horizontal sweep with parapeted roofline, curving corners and incised shadowlines, with a contrasting
vertical focus introduced by the three vertical entrance bays, distinguished by their stepped parapets, recessive vertical banding and curvilinear metal balustrades. Retaining its original dwarf wall along both street boundaries, this confidently conceived and atypically grand block of inter-war flats remains as a striking feature along this major thoroughfare. (Criterion E)